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.. so my question is... is this a stupid idea? Easiest way imo, replacing pads/discs doesnt mean you have to get under the car, so just use the jack, no stand needed really.- no problem with raising the car entirely and removing all wheels, just make sure its got axle stands at the appropriate points. and use an axle stand on it, never relie on a jack to keep the car up. its not worth it. if you cant afford axle stands , at least put a wheel under you sill so if the car does come down it wont smash to the ground damaging your disks, limbs etc. I've got the axle stands so that's no problem. The one reason that I was thinking about this route is the bleeding of the brakes. I remember somewhere (prob on here) that someone would bleed all four brakes at the same time running 4x pipes into 4x jam jars half filled with brake fluid, so I thought I'd give it a go whilst they're all up in the air. If I can be ar$ed I might even paint the calipers.@ tommy-c.. can you clarify which are the best places to place axle stands when jscking the whole car up?m4rcus wrote:
Just to be on the safe side.
Cheers.
@ Tommy but I can answer this as I've just done the same work myself. Looks like this: 
.. the car jack is designed to sit around the _n__n _ bit, but an axle stand just has \____/ for support, therefore meaning that the pressurewillbe applied to the n__n bit which is just several pieces of metal formed into a seam... would using subframe/chassis point be better? I've also notched the timber so than it doesn't damage the shields which also makes it easier to get in place. When the car is raised place axle-stands under the ends of the timber and drop it onto these.(incidentially, I use a small block of wood over my trolley jack on the flat section of sill next to the notch - has worked great so far)/ pads, you don't need to touch the fluid (if you don't want to). you may need to syphon some out of the master cylinder, as the thicker pads will need the pistons pushing back into the caliper, thus pushing the level of fluid back up in the master cylinder.- works a treat. to stop air getting in you'd basically just pump more through when topping it up from your new bottle of fluid.- I just cut the one way valve off and put it in a jam jar with fluid in (tip: I put a big rock in the bottom of this jar to stop it getting knocked over by a curly tube).- 4 wheels at once would just mean your attention is split 4 ways IMO!
